2005 · documentary
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
Directed by Michael Pellerin3h 52m2005
Academy Award - winning filmmaker Peter Jackson invites you behind the scenes of his latest movie to witness the birth of King Kong.
Our read: King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries (2005) reads as a cosy, measured, grounded documentary entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, measured, gentle documentary, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- measured
- gentle
- redemptive
- twisty
- intimate
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How King Kong feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want exhaustive behind-the-scenes craft porn from Peter Jackson's Kong shoot.”
Skip it tonight — Skip unless you love filmmaking; four hours of production logs is a marathon.
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